بكِin you تاجُthe crown فخريmy pride وand انطلاقُthe free flow لسانيmy tongue
بكِ تاجُ فخري و انطلاقُ لساني
وand مرورُthe passage أياميmy days وand دفءُthe warmth مكانيmy dwelling
و مرورُ أيامي و دفءُ مكاني
In you lie my pride’s crown and my tongue’s free flow,
And the passage of my days and the warmth of my dwelling.
لغةthe language الجدودِthe forebears وand دربُناour path نحوَtoward العُلاthe heights
لغة الجدودِ و دربُنا نحوَ العُلا
وand تناغمُthe harmony الياقوتِruby وand المَرجانcoral ِ
و تناغمُ الياقوتِ و المَرجان ِ
The language of the forebears, and our path toward the heights,
And the harmony of ruby and coral.
هيshe نورسُthe gull الطهرِpurity الذيwhich ببياضِهِthrough its whiteness
هي نورسُ الطهرِ الذي ببياضِهِ
يعلوrises above الزُّلالُclear, sweet water ملوحةَsaltiness الخلجانthe bays ِ
يعلو الزُّلالُ ملوحةَ الخلجان ِ
She is the gull of purity, through whose whiteness
Clear, sweet water rises above the saltiness of the bays.
رفعَتْshe raised علىupon هامthe heights ِالفخارِglory لواءَهاher banner
رفعَتْ على هام ِالفخارِ لواءَها
بالسيفِwith the sword وand الأقلامِthe pens وand البنيانthe edifices ِ
بالسيفِ و الأقلامِ و البنيان ِ
She raised her banner upon the heights of glory,
With the sword, pens, and edifices.
منfrom إرْثthe legacy "مربدِهاher Mirbad" وand سوقthe market ِ" عُكاظِهاher Ukaz"
من إرْث "مربدِها" و سوق ِ" عُكاظِها"
جذرٌa root يغذّيnourishes برعمَthe bud الأغصانthe branches ِ
جذرٌ يغذّي برعمَ الأغصان ِ
From the legacy of her Mirbad and her Ukaz market
Comes a root that nourishes the bud of the branches.
منfrom ثغْرthe mouth ِ"عبلتِهاher Abla" وand بَيْنthe parting ِ"سُعادِهاher Suad"
من ثغْر ِ"عبلتِها" و بَيْن ِ"سُعادِها"
تهميpour down دموعُthe tears العاشقthe lover ِالولهانlovesick ِ
تهمي دموعُ العاشق ِالولهان ِ
From her Abla’s lips and her Suad’s parting,
The tears of the lovesick lover pour down.
قفْstand فيin رحابthe precincts ِالضادِthe letter ḍād تكسبْyou will gain رفعةًًeminence
قفْ في رحاب ِالضادِ تكسبْ رفعةًً
فمجالُهاfor her domain بحرٌa sea بلاwithout شُطآنshores ِ
فمجالُها بحرٌ بلا شُطآن ِ
Stand in the realm of ḍād, and you will gain eminence;
For her domain is a sea without shores.
اللهُGod أكرمَهاhonored her وand باركَblessed نطقَهاher speech
اللهُ أكرمَها و باركَ نطقَها
فأرادَهاso He intended her لتَنَزُّلfor the descent ِالقرآنthe Qur’an ِ
فأرادَها لتَنَزُّل ِالقرآن ِ
God honored her and blessed her speech,
So He willed that the Qur’an be revealed through her.
" اقرأْread! " فمفتاحُfor the key العلومthe sciences ِقراءةٌreading
" اقرأْ " فمفتاحُ العلوم ِقراءةٌ
عمَّتْspread بشائرُهاits glad tidings علىthroughout الأكوانthe worlds ِ
عمَّتْ بشائرُها على الأكوان ِ
“Read!”—for reading is the key to the sciences;
Its glad tidings spread throughout the worlds.
عِلمٌknowledge وand فكْرٌthought ، حكمةٌwisdom وand مواعظadmonitions ٌ
عِلمٌ و فكْرٌ ، حكمةٌ و مواعظ ٌ
فقْهٌjurisprudence وand تفسيرٌexegesis، وand سِحْرُmagic بيانeloquence ِ
فقْهٌ و تفسيرٌ، و سِحْرُ بيان ِ
Knowledge and thought, wisdom and admonitions,
Jurisprudence and exegesis, and the magic of eloquence.
وand عَروضُهاher prosody نغمُthe melody العواطفthe emotions ِوand الهوىpassion
و عَروضُها نغمُ العواطف ِو الهوى
وand مآترٌglorious deeds تبقىendure مدىthroughout الأزمانthe ages ِ
و مآترٌ تبقى مدى الأزمان ِ
And her prosody is the melody of emotions and passion,
And glorious deeds that endure throughout the ages.
عربيةٌArabic ، وand العرْبُthe Arabs أهلُpeople of مضافةٍa guesthouse
عربيةٌ ، و العرْبُ أهلُ مضافةٍ
وand فصاحةٍeloquence وand مروءةٍchivalry وand طِعانspear-fighting ِ
و فصاحةٍ و مروءةٍ و طِعان ِ
She is Arabic, and the Arabs are a people of hospitality,
And eloquence, chivalry, and spear-fighting.
عربيةٌArabic ، وand المصطفىthe Chosen One أرسىestablished بهاthrough her
عربيةٌ ، و المصطفى أرسى بها
منهاجَthe plan صرْحan edifice ٍثابتfirm ِالأركانthe pillars ِ
منهاجَ صرْح ٍثابت ِالأركان ِ
She is Arabic, and through her the Chosen One established
The plan for an edifice with firm pillars.
فغدَتْso she became علىacross الأيامthe days ِ صوتَthe voice حضارةٍa civilization
فغدَتْ على الأيام ِ صوتَ حضارةٍ
تسموrises بنورِby the light العلمknowledge ِوand الإيمانfaith ِ
تسمو بنورِ العلم ِو الإيمان ِ
So, through the ages, she became the voice of a civilization
That rises by the light of knowledge and faith.
هيَshe فيin حناياthe recesses الروحthe soul نبْضةُthe beat خافقيmy beating heart
هيَ في حنايا الروح نبْضةُ خافقي
وand منfrom المحبَّةlove صدقُهاher sincerity المتفانيselfless
و من المحبَّة صدقُها المتفاني
Within the soul’s recesses, she is the beat of my heart,
And from love comes her selfless sincerity.
لاdo not تهجرُوهاforsake her فهيfor she حِصْنٌa fortress ثباتِناour steadfastness
لا تهجرُوها فهي حِصْنٌ ثباتِنا
وand خَلاصُناour deliverance منfrom خيبةthe disappointment ِالخُسْرانloss ِ
و خَلاصُنا من خيبة ِالخُسْران ِ
Do not forsake her, for she is the fortress of our steadfastness,
And our deliverance from the disappointment of loss.
وand خُلاصةُthe gist القولthe discourse ِالطويلlong ِعبارةٌa saying
و خُلاصةُ القول ِالطويل ِعبارةٌ
سارتْtraveled بمعناهاwith its meaning خُطَاthe steps الرُّكبانthe riders ِ:
سارتْ بمعناها خُطَا الرُّكبان ِ:
And the gist of this long discourse is a saying
Whose meaning has guided the riders’ steps:
ماnot بَرَّhonored قومٌa people أمَّهمْtheir mother وand لسانَهمْtheir tongue
ما بَرَّ قومٌ أمَّهمْ و لسانَهمْ
إلاexcept وand حازُواthey gained السَّبقَthe lead فيin المَيدانthe field ِ
إلا و حازُوا السَّبقَ في المَيدان ِ
No people have honored their mother and their tongue
Without gaining the lead in the field.
وand إذاwhen أهَانُوهاthey dishonor her فإنَّthen indeed مصيرَهمtheir fate ْ
و إذا أهَانُوها فإنَّ مصيرَهم ْ
عَيْشُa life الهَوانhumiliation ِوand ذلَّةُthe abasement الخِذلانbeing forsaken ِ
عَيْشُ الهَوان ِو ذلَّةُ الخِذلان ِ
And when they dishonor her, then their fate is
A life of humiliation and the abasement of being forsaken.
Sol 6.1